Yesterday, 05:06 PM
I want to make a comment here about something I saw being talked about. There is speculation that the China government is pushing the "COVID-19 found on imported frozen food packaging" agenda to blame other countries for being the origin of the disease. I think not. The China government did not start mentioning the "frozen" mantra until June:
China - Beijing coronavirus outbreak, frozen food blamed - June 12, 2020+ - cases have spread to 4 provinces
If frozen food packaging was the scapegoat for the origin of COVID-19 then the China government would have started blaming "frozen" much earlier. Like January 1, 2020.
I think these "frozen" discoveries are mostly new outbreaks that they are blaming on frozen imports as an excuse since they are doing such a great job on controlling COVID-19 in a population of 1.4 billion people. Yup. Since the large outbreaks in the spring, the government usually reports that the new outbreaks are all caused by imported people or imported frozen food packaging - with very few exceptions.
Others think that China is blaming "frozen" imports to play games with international trading partners. I also think not. China needs the food.
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sharon sanders commented
Yesterday, 07:49 PM
I want to clarify that I do not know if SARS-CoV-2 can survive frozen on packaging with enough strength to infect people. The numerous China outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 cited as originating from frozen packaging on imported goods is not generally accepted. It is, however, very interesting. I am following these instances because I think it is a sign of something - I am just not sure of what....
Also, blaming "frozen" for most all of the newer COVID-19 coronavirus cases speaks to the China government's knowledge of exactly how long a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle can last when frozen. And how much frozen virus it takes to infect a human either from touch or breathing the air around a frozen package, and, and, and...all of this knowledge coming from previous experiences from freezing this virus. This reliance on "frozen" actually supports the theory that a lab escape from a China lab in Wuhan is responsible for the pandemic.
No other country in the world has claimed that frozen packaging has caused a human COVID-19 case - maybe because they don't know it can.
Please see:
China - Ministry of Transport implements guidelines for handling refrigerated and frozen shipments - November 27, 2020
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